Working
with files from the net
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Opening
Office files (word, excel, access)
Most files
or links automatically open their respective program. For instance
if we click on a Microsoft Word document and automatically Word begins
loading the document. In most cases this should happen unless the
computer doesn't have the associated program installed on it, in which
case you can save it and transfer it to another computer to read later.
Saving
Files from a Webpage
There
are many ways to save pictures, text and files (i.e. Documents,
animation) from a web page and once you get the hang of it it's
really easy but why would you want to? Well you might want to use
the text in a report your compiling, or maybe a picture you've seen
would be ideal for the presentation you've got planned. Of course
you may just like the picture and want to keep it for yourself,
the reasons are many.
Saving
Text
The images below illustrate how to cut text from a webpage and
paste it into another program, in this case notepad.
- Find
the information you need on a website
- Select
& Highlight.
Hold the left mouse button down and drag.
- Copy.
Once you've selected the text click the right mouse button and
a menu will appear, select copy.
- Paste.
change over to notepad and right click again in the document window,
this time choose paste.
Saving Pictures and files
Saving a picture or a file from a webpage isn't difficult once
you know how to do it. 'Hover' over the aforementioned file with
your cursor and click the right mouse button. The menu appears once
again, as you can see in the picture below.
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When
this menu appears simply select the 'Save Picture As...' instruction
and choose where you want to save it.
You
can see here on the left outlined in red the save picture
instruction.
Select
an option and there you have it.
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Nearly
the same set of instructions apply to saving a file off the Internet
onto your computer. This could be a Word file, Powerpoint, Zip or
animation. It doesn't matter what it is, the procedures for downloading
it are the same
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When
this menu appears simply select the 'Save Target As...' instruction
and choose where you want to save it.
You
can see here on the left outlined in red the save Target instruction.
Select
an option and you've done it.
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Saving
whole Webpages
Probably the easiest thing to do is to save a webpage. Once
the page you need is open go to the file menu and select the save
as function. This will save the webpage where you want it stored,
but it will also create a folder containing the images on the page.
To open the webpage simply double click on the icon for the page.
It's important that if you move the Website icon you also move the
webpage folder with it as it won't open correctly without it.
NOTE: Some webpages will not save properly and some will
not save at all but these will mainly be secure pages which hold
personal information.
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